COMMODITY
India harvests 38% of total wheat area so far in ongoing 2025-26 marketing season
Apr-14-2025

India has harvested 38% of the total wheat area of an estimated 32 million hectare so far in the ongoing 2025-26 marketing season. The government has set a wheat procurement target of 31 mt for the 2025-26 marketing season (April-March). Wheat ‘harvesting conditions are better’ in key growing states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Bihar.

Farmers have completed harvesting in 91% of total rabi pulse areas, 87% of oilseeds area, 70% of Shree Anna and coarse cereals area and 33% of rice area as on April 4. About 59% of the total rabi crops area has been harvested as on April 4 across the country.

Total area under zaid crops has reached 60.22 lakh hectare so far this year, up from 52.40 lakh hectare a year ago. Of this, rice has been sown in 32 lakh hectare and pulses in 11 lakh hectare and oilseeds in 7.35 lakh hectare in the said period.

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